[jbwbubba]

So pro military he wanted to bring back the draft. Shouldn't we have a draft already, after all Bush won the election and we were told he would bring it back.

[samtheman]

The only war this guy cares about is the war against Bush.

[wideawake]

John Murtha is already halfway to Jim Jeffordsdom.

People are already beginning to see through his sad act.

[JeeperFreeper]

With respect to Dems and libs, no matter how cynical you get, it's hard to keep up.

[kellynla]

ya know the Lefties/Liberals/'Rats don't know what the *uck they want.

first they want to bring back the draft then they don't want the recruiters at the schools
gezzzzzzzzzussssss...
if I was married to one of these clowns, I'd be spending half my life in a shrink's office!! LMAO

[Blood of Tyrants]

The bill before Congress was brought up as a publicity stunt by the 'Rats. If I were Hastert or Frist, I would have brought it up for a vote the minute it hit the bin.

[Eagle of Liberty]

May want to add a published date of July 29, 2004 to this thread.

[ozzymandus]

I saw murtha on TV yesterday. He seemed senile to me.

[American Quilter]

The Democrat calls for a draft are just another strategy to make the US lose in Iraq.

The fact that we have an all-volunteer force makes it impossible for them to say our soldiers are in Iraq against their will. One minute after a draft is reinstituted, every liberal politician in the US will be stampeding to the cameras to claim that the poor and minorities are being forced to fight the war while the rich white boys get college deferments and stay home.

It's so ironic--Iraq is in no way like Vietnam, as the liberals claim, but they are trying in every way possible to make it like Vietnam. That, too, is a strategy to turn Americans against the war.

[RexBeach]

This is a lot of bull durham. What the Democrats are thinking is this: Just to talk of a draft will frighten people and make them angry; urging the president to go with the idea will play right into their hands and weaken the GOP's standing in the Congress.

The Democrats have been spreading this rumor since the beginning of the Iraq war because it will make the president look like an evil man.

[highlander_UW]

The Republicans need to start using their brains. If Kerry wants a vote on reinstating the draft I say let him have it...and immediately. Let the dems go on the record as being in favor of the draft and the republicans can vote against it. Then next election it will be easy to point to who would start the draft and who would not...and in any case it's shut Kerry up. A win win.

[hschliemann]

Every state should have universal conscription.

[showme_the_Glory]

The DUmocrats have dangled the draft bait but so far only the other DUmmies are biting. Set the hook, play em easy.

[Billthedrill]

I think that the Dems should propose such a bill, publicize it, and drum up all the public support it deserves, as soon as possible. I think this should be their one banner proposal for the upcoming elections in November - I think they should bet their party's entire success in 2006 on re-enacting the draft.

I'd pay money to see it. They'd get about 12 votes. Nationwide.